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    and ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]. The ɔb-
    ewawa may be an ɔbo n-ɔz-isɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a doctor who chooses
    seeds”, i.e. one who gives the
    name of a suspect to each one
    of several seeds (when trying to
    find out the perpetrator of an
    offence), and finds the guilty
    one by means of ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    The ordeal-doctors, ɔb-itã [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
    are ɔb-it-õfigbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “palm-
    oil-ordeal-doctor”, ɔb-it-ẽbe
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “leaf-ordeal doctor”, or
    ɔbo n-ɔd-itã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (one who
    knows all sorts of ordeals). The
    experts for the feather- and
    sasswood-ordeals have no special
    name besides that of ɔb-itã.
    The witch-doctor, ɔbo n-ɔwa
    n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] “doctor who gives
    food to the witches”, also called
    ɔbo n-ɔy-ada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “doctor who
    goes to the cross-roads”, leads
    negotiations with witches and
    pacifies them by gifts of food
    from his clients. The “curing
    doctor”, ɔb-odĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], bears no
    outward sign of his profession,
    but is usully very competent
    and cures people for money or
    for their services. A doctor who
    makes his diagnosis by looking
    into his patients’ eyes (in case
    of illness or “juju-trouble”) is
    called ɔbo n-ɔmi-ãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] i.e.
    “a doctor who looks eye”.
    An antisocial individual working
    with “bad medicines” may be
    called ɔb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a “spoil-
    doctor”. A “doctor” who travels
    round the country and makes
    a living by it is called ɔbo
    n-ɔy-eria [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “a doctor who
    goes grazing”. The four types
    of oracle doctors are represented
    by different people. The ɔb-